Monday, January 5
Tomorrow Southern Weddings will launch the print version on their fabulous on-line magazine. If you’re lucky enough to get this magazine on your local newsstand be sure and take a photo and submit it to the ladies over at SWS Mag. Click here for more details...or read below.
CONTEST: When the mag debuts tomorrow, take a pic of SW on the newsstand wherever you find it and send it to {win at swsmag dot com}. Use your camera phone, your fancy camera, whatever! We want to see it on the shelves in your home town! 5 lucky winners will get iTunes gift cards. Bonus points if you are in the pic too. Contest ends this Friday, so get out and get yourself a copy!
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Sunday, December 28
I hope everyone had a great Christmas like I did! Spending time with friends and family is always the best gift I could recieve, and I definitley had my fill this past week. Christmas eve started at my sister and brother-in-law’s place. We had some awesome Italian food, lots of wine, and Susie’s boyfriend David brought his guitar and we did a little kareoke all night long.
Christmas morning was wonderful. It was me and Tory’s 1st Christmas as newlywed’s. We had talked about keeping our gift limit low, knowing we’d both go over it. Well...he really did. He bought me a brand new Nikon D90 camera. He knows that I have a serious love for photography and have been dabbling in it for years. It was the best gift he has ever given me. I have to admit, I cried (yes I do get emotional people). Now I can really start taking some great photos and stop using my 8-year-old hand held sony sureshot (although you’ve been good to me bulldog—this is what my friends named it, because it was rather bulky). Christmas dinner was at Tory’s Grandmother’s house...we had the usual fare...ham, green bean casserole, etc. All was delicious…
A couple of days later my Birthday rolled around on the 27th. We went to a local brewery here called the Flying Dog Brewery. We were supposed to take a tour, but we got there too late, and decided to just drink. We hit the jackpot! You pay $5.00 for a glass, and you get 6 beer caps (or drink tickets). They fill your beer up half way for the tasting...so if you really think about it, that’s 6 beers for $5.00 bucks. I only tried one...it was called “Doggie Style,” seriously. After that we went to eat Mexican food at Cacique...YUM. I will never love any other food more than Mexican food!
Enjoy some photos from Christmas....
Tory and his Mom...with their iPhones of course
It’s me!
Tory’s Gramma (aka - Mama)
Tory’s sister, and bro-in-law
Wish my side of the family could have been here to celebrate with us! Miss you guys, and we’ll see you VERY soon...hopefully. Love you all!
Now, onto New Years on the slopes at Seven Springs. Oh yes!
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Wednesday, November 12
The Design Sponge blog has posted a 3 part series on Austin, Texas in their “regional roundup” section. They interview local artists and business owners in the area, and ask them about inspiration, design and more. It’s good to know there are so many people who love this city as much as I do.
Austin is the live music capital of the world, home to the University of Texas Longhorns, a beautiful hill country, insanely good food, art and so much more. Sandra Bullock and Lance Armstrong call it their home to name a few, and fit in like the average person would. Every-time I go back, I don’t want to leave. Maybe someday I’ll be back in Austin for good!
Check out what these talented designers and business owners have to say about Austin.
Part One, Part Two, Part Three {Austin - Regional Roundup} Via the Design Sponge blog.
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Wednesday, November 5
Colin Cowie is an amazing event designer. You may have heard of him on Oprah, and seen one of his fabulous events featured on her show. He has always been by far, my favorite event designer, and continues to amaze me.
He has a few great books out on everything from event planning, to books on everyday entertaining and lifestyle.
I recently watched his “best of weddings” and “best of parties” clips that may also be viewed on his website. I was blown away by the beauty of each and every event, and how different and personal each of them were. One thing all of them have in common… great lighting. We all know that feeling when you walk into a wedding, cocktail party, home, or restaurant that has the perfect lighting. It sets to tone, and the mood for the event right from the start.
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Wednesday, October 29
Maria Cooke, Owner of Ritzy Bee Events posted a “blogs we heart” entry yesterday on her blog. I was happy to find out, one of them was me! Maria is an amazing event planner. In fact, I was a “Ritzy Bee bride” myself!
If you’re planning a wedding, throwing a baby shower, looking for an amazing photographer, or just looking for some great daily event and design inspiration...I encourage you to visit her site.
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Tuesday, October 28
In my opinion, every household should have one of the Joy of Cooking cookbooks. It is a complete “how to” on cooking, starting with the basics. Any newlywed, new parent, or young adult just out of college owning their first home will tell you, baked chicken every night gets old! If your house is chosen for the holidays this year, and you’re anxious about roasting your first turkey, or creating that special side dish everyone loves, this book can help you every step of the way. Even the simplest things can be very scary for a first time cook. The Joy of Cooking helps you work at your own pace, and slowly build up your own family recipe traditions for you to pass onto your children someday!
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